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No Man Is an Island

-ml -- We sat and spoke of writing, and she asked about my poetry, I thought to myself.

How funny it was to see poetry ask about poetry-

Her smile described sunsets in a way words never could and her eyes charted constellations across the…

What Love is

The Overflowing Moon: A Powerful Full Moon Poem | Stories & Mindful Poems by Calvin Niles

The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars

Shakespeare Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

The Book Binder's Daughter

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually,…

Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill
Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind,
Bred on the Atlantic, can be…

A poem dedicated to me

Still I Rise
BY MAYA ANGELOU

Gather up whatever is
glittering in the gutter,
whatever has tumbled
in the waves or fallen
in flames out of the sky,

for it’s not only our
hearts that are broken,
but the heart
of the world as well.
Stitch it back together.

Make a…

Look To This Day

WONDERS OF ATTITUDE

Beowulf

"My Darkest Nights"

Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep

Because I could not stop for Death - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Oh, love’s sweet symphony softly plays,
As moonlight bathes this starry haze.
In melodies that whisper and croon,
Let us dive into “Come Home Soon”.

In tender verses, emotions unfold,
Crafted in words like love untold.
With a stroke of pen, a…

In the hush of evening’s gentle sigh,
Amidst the whispers of the pillow’s embrace,
Our souls entwine under the moon’s soft gaze,
A tender reunion, in love’s sweet space.

In the warmth of night, our words softly spill,
A delicate dance of…

The Undying by Robert William Service

© Deshaun Roberts More By Deshaun Roberts

Published by Family Friend Poems November 2015 with permission of the Author.

I want to be your favorite hello,
And I want to be your hardest goodbye.
I want to be the one who never makes you…

I Am Not Alone, A Poem about Unity